Skip load steps for struct_ops maps not marked for automatic creation. This should allow to load bpf object in situations like below: SEC("struct_ops/foo") int BPF_PROG(foo) { ... } SEC("struct_ops/bar") int BPF_PROG(bar) { ... } struct test_ops___v1 { int (*foo)(void); }; struct test_ops___v2 { int (*foo)(void); int (*does_not_exist)(void); }; SEC(".struct_ops.link") struct test_ops___v1 map_for_old = { .test_1 = (void *)foo }; SEC(".struct_ops.link") struct test_ops___v2 map_for_new = { .test_1 = (void *)foo, .does_not_exist = (void *)bar }; Suppose program is loaded on old kernel that does not have definition for 'does_not_exist' struct_ops member. After this commit it would be possible to load such object file after the following tweaks: bpf_program__set_autoload(skel->progs.bar, false); bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.map_for_new, false); Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index c239b75d5816..b39d3f2898a1 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static int bpf_object__init_kern_struct_ops_maps(struct bpf_object *obj) for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_maps; i++) { map = &obj->maps[i]; - if (!bpf_map__is_struct_ops(map)) + if (!bpf_map__is_struct_ops(map) || !map->autocreate) continue; err = bpf_map__init_kern_struct_ops(map); @@ -8114,7 +8114,7 @@ static int bpf_object_prepare_struct_ops(struct bpf_object *obj) int i; for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_maps; i++) - if (bpf_map__is_struct_ops(&obj->maps[i])) + if (bpf_map__is_struct_ops(&obj->maps[i]) && obj->maps[i].autocreate) bpf_map_prepare_vdata(&obj->maps[i]); return 0; -- 2.43.0